Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2022-08-08
Steven Bartlett & Will Storr: books mentioned on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
The More Successful You Are The Longer You’ll Live: Will Storr
Will is an author who brings out the unexpected ways that we’re vulnerable, and how to manage those vulnerabilities and turn them into strengths. The author of six books including Sunday Times bestsellers, he’s one of the most interesting voices on how we can manage our worst impulses to succeed in the modern world.
Steven Bartlett discussed Selfie by Will Storr and The Status Game by Will Storr. Will Storr recommended The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Selfie
Selfie by Will Storr examines the cultural and psychological obsession with individual self-esteem, social status, and personal perfection.
Discussed“trying to figure out how how that happens in your in your book selfie you you talk a lot about self-esteem and the role that plays”
Where to get it
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The Seven Basic Plots
The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker is a comprehensive literary analysis that explores archetypal characters, ancient story structures, and the fundamental patterns underlying human storytelling.
Recommended“and then there's a brilliant story analyst called christopher booker who wrote this amazing book called the seven basic plots and he writes about archetypal characters in storytelling”
Where to get it
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The Status Game
The Status Game by Will Storr is a sociological and psychological exploration of how the human drive for social rank, prestige, and acceptance influences nearly every aspect of human behavior, interaction, and societal structure.
Discussed“now your 2021 book the status game this is the book that when i was reading through all of my notes i have by far the most amount of notes on”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“my you know my my second book the heretics was looking at why do otherwise smart people believe end up leaving these crazy things”
“so the book before that was called the heretics and the heretics was as it says before it was kind of inspired by this idea of what how do smart people end up believing crazy things”